Bad Girls - Season 3 - Eps 3: The Chains of Freedom
Julie S was released to Monica Lindsay's 'halfway house' with an electronic tag, leaving Julie J distraught back at Larkhall. The officers were out on 'mass sick leave' so the inmates jumped at the chance to run the wing for themselves; A problem occured though in the form of a large knife going missing from the kitchens...Who could have taken it? Di Barker was devastated to learn that Dominic McAllister would not be coming back. Her dreams shattered, she turned her rage towards the thing that had blighted her life for so long - her ageing, sick mother. Triggered by her son David's performance in his school play, Macbeth, Julie S suddenly realised the extent of her Julie J's misery. She then too desperate measures to return to Larkhall...possibly the first ever prison break-in! Seeing what her friend had done for her, Julie J returned the knife to it's rightful place. Helen concluded that Shell's attack on Jim was indeed pre-meditated.
About Bad Girls

Title: Bad Girls
First Air Date: 1999-06-01
Last Air Date: 2006-12-20
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.544/10 (from 34 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 107
Network: ITV1
Genres: Drama, Crime
Production Companies: Shed Productions
Synopsis
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout the eight-year run. The series was broadcast in 17 countries and was produced by Shed Productions, the company which later produced Footballers' Wives and Waterloo Road. It is set in the fictional women's prison of Larkhall, and features a mixture of serious and light storylines focusing on the prisoners and staff of G Wing. From 2010, the UK broadcast rights were bought by CBS Drama, and is repeated regularly – as of September 2012, the channel is re-running the series again in a late-night time slot.
Cast

Victoria Alcock
Julie Saunders

Kika Mirylees
Julie Johnston

Helen Fraser
Sylvia Hollamby

Antonia Okonma
Darlene Cake

Nicola Stapleton
Janine Nebeski

Stephanie Beacham
Phyllida Oswyn

Amanda Barrie
Beverley Tull

Liz May Brice
Pat Kerrigan

Victoria Bush
Tina O'Kane

Amanda Donohoe
Lou Stoke